Black Panther Has Its Eyes Set on a Lot of Oscars

While the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is trying to figure out how to save face after the whole “Best Popular Film” category fiasco, Marvel Studios has been preparing to submit Black Panther for more Oscars than you ever would have imagined.

There was no doubt the movie was a solid contender for Best Costume Design, but Black Panther’s also going in for Best Picture, Best Director (Ryan Coogler), Best Actor (Chadwick Boseman), Best Supporting Actor (Michael B. Jordan, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Winston Duke, Sterling K. Brown, Forest Whitaker, Andy Serkis), Best Actress (Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Angela Bassett), Best Cinematography (Rachel Morrison), and “All the Stars” as Best Song.

The list is lengthy, to say the least, and while it’d be surprising if the Academy let Black Panther sweep at the Oscars, the message the studio is sending is important all the same. In essence, what Disney and Marvel are asking the Academy to understand is that Black Panther is a movie that deserves to be taken seriously and considered for the real Oscars and not a newfangled participation award.